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Jeremy Lin's move from the New York Knicks to the Houston Rockets almost feels right.

If you're anyone but a Knicks fan, that is.

After all, Lin rocketed onto the national stage—in a New York minute—and his team-switch is one of the most divisive NBA decisions since The Decision. It's a perfect story to inject drama into the league's offseason, and the perfect storm of sports, business, and ethnicity has launched a thousand articles overnight.

But the punditry keep getting the Jeremy Lin story wrong. Sure, the Knicks are getting pilloried for losing a transcendent star, but Lin's also being attacked by the fans who loved him only days ago.

Here are four myths that keep getting repeated in the coverage.

Myth: The Knicks Are a Better Team

Fact: Lin Jumped Ship Just in Time

The Knicks have tortured fans for more than a decade—the franchise has won just one playoff game since 2000—and last year's surprise run aside, there's no clear relief in sight.

The team has accumulated a collection of older players with big names, diminishing games, and expensive contracts. As the Lin fiasco appears to prove, the owner continues to harmfully meddle.

And the key players' skill sets aren't aligned, either. Lin made his mark when Knicks' go-to scorer Carmelo Anthony was sidelined with injuries; upon Anthony's return, the two had trouble co-existing and the Knicks lost eight of their next 10 games. Both players perform better when they're initiating the offense; perhaps they would have figured out a way to share the ball next year, but if the Knicks' past is prologue, the team would have sputtered, the stars would've clashed in the media, and Lin would've lost his franchise-savior luster.

Meanwhile, Houston offered obvious benefits for Lin, strictly from a basketball standpoint. It's a significantly more stable franchise, run by data-savant Daryl Morey. The Rockets also have won two NBA championships in the past 20 years—including a 1994 victory over the Knicks, who haven't claimed a title since 1973—and are frequently in the playoffs. Houston may not be NBA royalty, but they aren't the Milwaukee Bucks, either.

And the team's style of play should help Lin ascend from Cinderella to star. As ESPN analyst John Hollinger notes, middling point guards like Goran Dragic and Kyle Lowry excelled in the Rockets' system last year. With Lin now running the show, the Rockets are "going to give him the rock, get out of his way, and let him create to his heart's content. He'll be better with the Rockets than he ever would have been in New York," Hollinger concludes.

Myth: Playing in New York City Offers an Unbeatable Marketing Platform

It's never a good idea to contradict a Forbes editor in print—let alone when you've been blogging for Forbes.com for all of a month—but Lane has this wrong. Yes, there are clear marketing benefits to being a professional athlete in New York City, or Los Angeles, or even Miami.

But Michael Jordan became an icon while playing 13 years in Chicago, joining a team that had been mediocre (and glitz-free) before he arrived. LeBron James spent his first seven years in Cleveland, on his way to becoming an international star.

In some professions, you do need to be in a certain city. If you're a lobbyist, you work in Washington; if you're an actor, you head to Hollywood.

But in the global economy—when the NBA is available on live demand and athletes can control their own brand via social media—if you're good enough, the mountain (and marketers) will come to you.